As AI dominates current cybersecurity concerns, a far greater threat looms over banking: quantum computing. We explain what ...

Quantum computers (machines that use quantum properties to perform calculations) have become a common topic in the news.

A physical qubit is a piece of hardware that carries quantum information. Depending on the technology, it might be a ...

The text you are reading right now, the photos saved on your smartphone, and the music you listened to yesterday are all ...

Stephen Weis factored RSA-896 with Claude AI on Sept 19, 2026, pushing the public factoring record to 896 bits just 16 days after the prior mark ...

The technique still takes 1,380 CPU core-years, but that's down from the estimated 500,000 to 1 million CPU core-years it ...

RSA succeeded beyond what its creators could have imagined. But as we approach its 50th anniversary, we are also approaching ...

In 2026, RSA-260 (862-bit) was factored using classical computers, marking an engineering milestone but no theoretical ...

RSA-896, a 270-digit encryption benchmark, was factored on September 19, 2026, by Anthropic engineer Stephen Weis using Claude AI and 2,048 GPUs -- making it the second AI-assisted integer ...

Eric Lu factored an 862-bit RSA key for $400K using GPUs, putting RSA-1024 cracking costs at $30M and accelerating post-quantum crypto timelines.

Spread the loveThe quantum computing market is a fascinating, often bewildering space right now. It’s a world where the promise of revolutionary technology clashes head-on with the brutal realities of ...

A UC San Diego-led team forged RSA signatures without extracting its key. But Bitcoin and Ethereum sign with a different ...